My next project would be to install a YABB discussion forum. Now, Yabb requires - of course - Perl, which is already installed. I've studied the caveats of PHP, which requires some 'tuning' for more enhanced security.

I wonder whether Perl has any functions that should be disabled? I faintly remember that some hosting companies have disabled certain Perl functions, but I cannot find any comprehensive info of this issue.

We're not Perl professionals but we're going to try to give you some information:
* Perl has some security features such as the tainted mode. Most serious script authors use it to restrict and detect bad uses of variables that could lead to code or SQL injection.
* All depends on the modules you have installed in Perl. Some are buggy, some are badly written. In general, if you are using Linux, the damage (if any) will be limited to the user account Abyss Web Server is running in._________________Support Team
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